CentEast – The Alliance of Central and Eastern European Film Festivals

CentEast is a network of key film festivals of feature films in Central and Eastern Europe, which includes one festival per country.

The purpose of CentEast is promoting European cinema, with special attention paid to the cinema from Central and Eastern Europe, helping films from the region to find a place on the international market, and encouraging the collaboration between the member festivals.

CentEast was initiated by the Warsaw International Film Festival in the autumn of 2001, and was officially founded at the Cottbus Film Festival on November 7th, 2003.

Austria - Linz Crossing Europe - Film Festival LinzGraben 30, 4020 Linz, Austria tel: (+43-70) 785700 fax: (+43-70) 785700-40 info@crossingEurope.atwww.crossingEurope.at contact: Christine Dollhofer dates: April 25 - 30, 2006 entry deadline: February 25, 2006 prizes/cash: Crossing Europe Award – European Competition: Best first/second Feature Film (10,000 euro), Crossing Europe Award – Local Artist (6,000 euro) The annual European festival is to give various perspectives on contemporary European cinematographies. The programme focuses on innovative European films, which reflect current political and social realities of Europe’s changing societies, and will offer new perspectives on a young, innovative and multifaceted European cinema. Sections: European Competition and Panorama, Tributes and Specials and a focus on local productions.

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo Sarajevo Film FestivalHamdije Kresevljakovica 13, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina tel: (387-33) 209 411 fax: (387-22) 221 516 programmes@sff.ba http://www.sff.ba contact: Mirsad Purivatra, Festival Director dates: August 18-26, 2006 entry deadline: July 1 prizes/cash: Competition Program: Best Film Award (25,000 euro), Special Jury Award (10,000 euro), Best Actress Award (2,500 euro) and Best Actor Award (2,500 euro); The Competition Program, Short Film Category: Best Short Film Award (3,000 euro), Special Jury Mention (1,000 euro) and Special Jury Mention (1,000 euro); Prix UIP (EFA Nomination) - granted to the best short film from New Currents – Short Program and Competition Program – Short Film Section; the UIP award is 2,000 EUR and the film cited will be nominated to the short film category of the European Film Academy Awards in December 2006. The Sarajevo Film Festival aims to promote the newest and most important achievements in world cinematography to the region and offer a full insight into regional film production to the world. Its Competition Programme (Feature and Short film categories) focuses solely on the region and is currently open to 11 countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece and Turkey. SFF also supports film production in the region though its CineLink Co-Production Market and aims to further develop contacts between regional and international authors and directors. Sarajevo Film Festival’s goal is to create a meeting place for regional film professionals and a platform for development of joint projects and their presentation on the wider European and world film scene.

Germany - Cottbus FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European CinemaW.- Seelenbinder-Ring 44/45, D-03048 Cottbus, Germany tel: (49-355) 43 107-0 fax: (49-355) 43 107-20 info@filmfestivalcottbus.de www.filmfestivalcottbus.decontact: Roland Rust - director dates: November 14 - 18, 2006 entry deadline: August 1 prizes/cash: Main Prize for best movie (12,000 euro), Special Prize for best direction (5,000 euro), Special Prize for an outstanding artistic contribution (4,000 euro), Main Prize for the best short film (1,500 euro), Special Prize for the best short film (1,000 euro), FIPRESCI Prize, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Don Quijote Prize, Promotion Prize of the DEFA Foundation (4,000 euro), Audience Award (3,000 euro), DIALOGUE-Prize for intercultural communication (2.000 euro), Debut Film Award of the Cottbus’ student jury (500 euro) The oldest and the only international film festival dedicated entirely to Eastern European feature films with an annual overview of recent film production from all post-socialist territories.

Italy - Trieste Alpe Adria Cinema - Trieste Film Festivalvia Donota 1, I-34121 Trieste, Italy new phone: (39-040) 3476076 new fax: (39-040) 662 338 info@alpeadriacinema.it www.alpeadriacinema.itcontact: Annamaria Percavassi - festival director dates: January 18-25, 2007 entry deadline: October 31 prizes/cash: Trieste Award: Best Feature Film (5,000 euro), Mediterranean Laboratory Award: Best Short Film (2,000 euro), Planet - Alpe Adria Cinema Award: Best Documentary Film (2,500 euro) Since its foundation in 1989 Alpe Adria Cinema - Trieste Film Festival has been the leading festival of Central and Eastern European Cinema in Italy. This is a unique annual appointment with an overview of the best films, special events and monographic reviews: more than 130 titles every year coming from at least 20 different countries. The Festival is based in Trieste, a privileged observatory and a strategic crossroads where East meets West, and where Central Europe meets with Mediterranean culture.

Poland - Warsaw Warsaw International Film FestivalP.O. Box 816, PL-00-950 Warsaw 1, Poland tel: (48-22) 621 4647 fax: (48-22) 621 6268 festiv@wff.pl www.wff.plcontact: Stefan Laudyn - director dates: October 6-15, 2006 entry deadline: June 15 prizes/cash: "New Films New Directors" international competition of first and second feature films - Grand Prix NESCAFÉ (5,000 euro), Best Script; FIPRESCI Prize (for best European first feature), Audience Award (no cash) for best film Recognised by FIAPF. Annual presentation of the cream of European and world cinema. New Films New Directors International Competition of first and second features. CentEast Market Warszawa (12-15.10.2005), specialising in films from Central and Eastern Europe.